Years before joining the federal bench, Judge A. Leon Higginbotham Jr. practiced personal injury law at a Philadelphia firm, putting in long hours and trying cases to help build the firm’s reputation.
In a 1996 interview two years before he died, Higginbotham recalled a $15,000 jury verdict he secured for a child who was hit by a driver going past a playground.
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